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john2001plus (1834) vs. fiddler (1845)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +1

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. a3 Bf6 11. Bd6 Qb6 12. Bxf8 Qxb2 13. Rc1 Bc3+ 14. Nd2 Kxf8 15. Qc2 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nc6 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. Rd1 a6 20. Bd3 Ne5 21. Be4 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Nxc6 23. Ke2 Ke7 24. Rb1 Na5 25. Rc7+ Kf8 26. Rd1

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Analysis of john2001plus (1834) vs. fiddler (1845)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +1

(white to move) 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. a3 Bf6 11. Bd6 Qb6 12. Bxf8 Qxb2 13. Rc1 Bc3+ 14. Nd2 Kxf8 15. Qc2 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nc6 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. Rd1 a6 20. Bd3 Ne5 21. Be4 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Nxc6 23. Ke2 Ke7 24. Rcd2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Nxd8 26. Kd3 b5 27. a4 Nc6 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rb1 b4 30. Kc4 Ne5+ 31. Kd4 Ng4 32. h3 e5+ 33. Kd5 Nxf2 34. Kxe5 g6 35. Rf1 Nd3+ 36. Kd4 Nb2 37. Rb1 Na4 38. Rxb4

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White to play and win.

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BDRichardson (1300) vs. syahir94 (1330)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h -4

(white to move) 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 a6 4. Nf3 b5 5. Bg5 b4 6. Ne2 Nxe4 7. Qd3 Bf5 8. Qc4 Nxg5 9. Nxg5 e6 10. O-O-O Qxg5+ 11. f4 Qd8 12. Qxb4 d5 13. Qa4+ c6 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Qc7 17. f5 exf5 18. Re1+ Be7 19. Nxf5 Qf4+ 20. Rde3 O-O 21. Nxe7+

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Analysis of john2001plus (1847) vs. LazarMilanovic (1611)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h -1

(white to move) 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. c5 Bc7 8. O-O O-O 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Qc2 Qf6 12. b5 Qh6 13. Ne2 Ng5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bd7 16. a4 Be8 17. f4 Ne4 18. Nd4 Bd8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rab1 g5 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. f5 exf5 23. Nxf5 Qe6 24. Nd6 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Bg6 26. Qf2 Be7 27. Qg3 Rb8 28. Bd4 Rb4 29. Qe1 Rxa4 30. Qb1 Kg7 31. Qb8 Ra2 32. Qc8 Qxc8 33. Nxc8 Bf8 34. e6+ Kg8 35. e7 Bf7 36. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 37. Nd6

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Analysis of john2001plus (1847) vs. LazarMilanovic (1611)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h -1

(white to move) 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. c5 Bc7 8. O-O O-O 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Qc2 Qf6 12. b5 Qh6 13. Ne2 Ng5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bd7 16. a4 Be8 17. f4 Ne4 18. Nd4 Bd8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rab1 g5 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. f5 exf5 23. Nxf5 Qe6 24. Nd6 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Bg6 26. Qf2 Be7 27. Qg3 Rb8 28. Bd4 Rb4 29. Qe1 Rxa4 30. Qb1 Kg7 31. Qb8 Ra2 32. Qc8 Qxc8 33. Nxc8 Bf8 34. e6+ Kg8 35. Nd6 Re2 36. Bf6 Bg7 37. e7 Rd2 38. Rb1 Bxf6 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Nf5+ Bxf5 41. e8=Q

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White to play and win.

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Analysis dogeandpika4life (1644) vs. john2001plus (1842)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h -2

(white to move) 1. a3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Be6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Ba6 O-O 13. O-O Bf5 14. Qd4 Qe7 15. Bb7 Rad8 16. Qa4 Qe5 17. g3 Qxc3 18. Ra2 Bd3 19. Rd1 Bb5 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Rb8 22. a4 Rxb7 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Ra6 b4 25. Rc4 b3 26. Bb2 Rd8 27. Kg2 Rb4 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxb4 Rb6 30. Rc4

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Black to play and win

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Analysis of putz (1832) vs. john2001plus (1871)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +6

(black to move) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 d5 5. b3 Be7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Nbd2 b6 8. O-O Nc6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. a3 Rc8 11. f4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Re1 Qc7 16. c4 f5 17. exf6 e.p. Bd6 18. fxg7 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Qxg7 20. Qe2 Bg3 21. Kg1 e3 22. Rf1 Bf2+ 23. Qxf2 exf2+ 24. Rxf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Qxg2+ 26. Ke1 Rf8 27. Bc3 Qg1+ 28. Ke2 Rf2+ 29. Kd3 Qg6+ 30. Ke3 Qg3+

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White to play and win.

ICC tourney 1333 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
Analysis of yoshi (1685) vs. TexasMade (1422)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +1

(white to move) 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e4 Be7 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Nxd5 Rxd5 14. Bc4 Rdd8 15. d5 b5 16. dxe6 Rxd1 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Bxf7+ Qxf7 19. Raxd1 Qxa2 20. Ng5 Kf8 21. Nxh7+ Kg8 22. Ng5 Kf8 23. Rd6 Qa5 24. Kf1 b4 25. Rd7 Ne5 26. Rd8+ Qxd8 27. Ne6+

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Black to play and win

ICC tourney 1333 (12 3), Internet Chess Club
KingsBishop (1571) vs. yoshi (1695)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 h g f e d c b a +1

(black to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 h6 9. O-O c5 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nd6 cxd4 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Rc1 Ndxe5 14. Nxc8 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Raxc8 16. c4 dxc3 e.p. 17. Rxc3 Qf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bc2 f5 20. g4 Nd4 21. Bd1 f4 22. Rh3 Rc1 23. Kf1 Kg7 24. Rd3 Nc6 25. h4 Rc8 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 Nb4 28. Rb3 Rc8c4 29. a3 Nc2 30. Bxc2 Rc1xc2 31. Rxb7 f3 32. Rb3 Rf4 33. Rb1 d4 34. Rd3 e5 35. Rb3 Rh4 36. Kg1 Rg4+ 37. Kf1 e4 38. Rb7 Rg2

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	- Bishop
	- Knight